Expresiones con verbos claves - Verbo "to play"
Idioms with key verbs - Verb "to play"
| to play a waiting game |
dejar pasar el tiempo |
| to play ball |
cooperar |
| to play by ear |
tocar de oído |
| to play cat and mouse |
jugar al gato y al ratón |
| to play dirty |
jugar sucio |
| to play footsie |
acariciar con el pie |
- The doctors are playing a waiting game and my husband is getting worse!
- Everybody's willing to play ball for the good of the company.
- My son's a genius! He can play Beethoven by ear!
- The serial killer sends letters to the police, as if he were playing cat and mouse.
- I don't like playing with Stan, he plays dirty.
- We were having dinner at this fancy restaurant and Susan started to play footsie with me!
| to play games |
ugar, engañar |
| to play hard to get |
hacerse el/la difícil |
| to play hooky |
hacerse la rabona, faltar a clase |
| to play into someone's game |
seguirle el juego a alguien |
| to play it cool |
hacer como si nada |
| to play it safe |
ir a lo seguro |
| to play one's cards close to one's chest |
no soltar prenda |
- Rob never loved Kelly, he was just playing games with her.
- Don't give yourself to him so easily! You have to play hard to get!
- Chris and I played hooky today and went to play video games.
- If we want to know what he's up to, we'll have to play into his game.
- When other kids made fun of me at school I just played it cool.
- Your previous essay was great but in this one you're just playing it safe.
- All we can do is wait and see what they do because they'll play their cards colse to their chest.
| to play one's cards right |
hacer una buena jugada |
| to play possum |
hacerse el dormido |
| to play second fiddle to someone |
desempeñar un papel secundario |
| to play the field |
tantear el terreno |
| to play the fool |
hacer el tonto |
| to play to the gallery |
jugar para la galería |
| to play with fire |
jugar con fuego |
- If you play your cards right, you'll win the next presidential election.
- A pregnant woman got on the bus and everybody played possum not to give her a seat.
- Ken thinks he's the boss at the office but he just plays second fiddle to Mr. Peters.
- Kate played the field for some time before she got married.
- Melissa, stop playing the fool and start doing your homework!
- If you want to sell your product, you'll have to play to the gallery.
- The judge is playing with fire trying to stop drug dealers.
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